Horse hay-rake



UNITED STATES vPAfIEiaT OFFICE;

JAMEs M. wisHART, or, frornxe., Kansas HORSE HAY-BAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part or Letters.v :Patent N0.,2e2',457, dated January 22, 1884.

Application filed September 1, 1883. (No model.)

To lf/ZZ whom it may concern Be it knownthat I, JAMEs M. WIsHART, vof Topeka, county of Shawnee, Kansas, have invented a new and Improved Hay-Rake, of 5 which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. i.

This invention relates to improvements in hay-fakes; and it consists of the combination and arrangement of parts substantially as 1o hereinafter fully described .and claimed. Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of 4reference indicate corresponding parts in both gures.

I 5 Figure l is a planview of my improved hayrake, and Fig. 2 is partly aside elevation and partly a section on the line x x, Fig. l.

The teeth a of the rake are attached to the cross-bars b and c, which form the head of the 2o rake, the bar b being under the upper or rear ends of the teeth, and the bar c being placed over the teeth at a suitable distance forward of the rear ends to provide sufficient space for the wheels d, on which the rake is supported, 2 5 to be located between 4said bars.

The rake thus constructed is pivoted on the axle c by the boxes f, attached to some of the raketeeth on the opposite sides of the rake, and the front bar, c, is connected to the for- 3o ward end of the regulating-lever g bythe bent tension-rod h and the strut The rear bar, b, of the rake-head is connected to said lever directly over said bar by the strut-braces j, said braces and the tension-rod h, being suit- 35 ably extended laterally to afford substantial lateral as well as vertical rigidity. The lever g extends along the push-bar 7c to within suitable proximity to the drivers seat Z,where it connects with a vibrating standard, m, by 4o a keeper, a, which slides up and down said standard to allow the lever to be shifted, and said lever and standard are provided with a ratchet and pawl, p, to hold the lever in different positions. The standard m is pivoted 45 to t-he push-bar 7c to allow the necessary vibra-V.

tion for the lever to shift along the standard, which, in this example, is straight; but said bar may be curved on a radius from the axis of the axle e, and in vthat case will not require 5o to be pivoted. The push-bar 7c is connected at the frontend to a strong beam, s, forming a T-head, which has a metal box, t, at each end, fitted on the axle e, for the connection of the push-bar to the rake, so that the rake may be vibrated by the lever g, to alter the incli- 5 5 nation of the teeth and their height from the ground, the lever being shifted up and down the standard m, and the rake turning' on the axle e as the fulcrum of the lever g. The

boxes t have fianged extensions a extending 6o up and embracing one side of the beam '8, to be secured thereto by bolts w. They also have anges g1 on the other sides, :that are formed on backward extensions of the boxes, and inclined suitably to embrace the sides of 6 5 the diagonal braces x, connecting the beam s and-the push-bar, one to each side of the push-bar, said braces being secured in the angles between said flanges and the beam by the bolts y and e, forming a substantial con- 7o nection of the push-bar and head. In addition thereto the angle-plates a are bolted in the angles at the junction of the push-bar and beam, forming a' more substantial construction, well .calculated to sustain the shocks and 75 strains to which the machine will be subject in use. The rear end of the push-bar 1s is supported on the post c of the caster-wheel d',

to which it is hinged by the bracket c and joints f', so that the rake may be guided by 8o altering the direction of the caster-wheel, which willbe effected by the driver pushing with his feet on the foot-rest g', suitably placed on the push-barv in front of the seat. The team is to be hitched to the double-tree h 8 5 in front of the seat l and behind the rake.

The hay is to be gathered on the teeth in front of the rack t", that keeps it clear of the Wheels.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 9o as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination of the wheel d, axle e, the rake pivoted on said axle, and having bars b c, one in rear and the other in front of said wheels, the regulating-lever g, the braces 9 5 j, tension-rod h and strut t', connecting said lever to said bars, the standard m, ratchet o, and pawl p, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. f

2. The combination of the wheels d, axle e, roo

the rake pvobed on said axle, and having bars combination with the beam s, diagonal braces b c, 011e in rear and the other in front of said and push-bar k, substantially as described.

Wheels the 11e ulatnU-lever q Jche braces j 4 f tensol-rod h, gud st'rlb i, couflccting said 1e7- JAMES M ISHART 5 ver t0 said bars, substantially as and for the Ttnessesz l purpose set forth. VILLIAM H. H. THATCHER,

3. The boxes t, hwing flanges y and v, in R. B. MCHASTER. 

